Pivoted lever bottle cap removing device



y 2, 1956 G. R. JOHNSON 2,746,323

PIVOTED LEVER BOTTLE CAP REMOVING DEVICE Filed Sept. 23, 1954 INVENTOR.

is; BY if United States Patent 2,746,323 t PIVOTEDY LEVER BOTTLE CAPREMOVING DEVICE Gustav R. Johnson, East- Providence, R. I. Applieati nseptember 23, 1954, Serial No. 457,886:

3 Claims. (Cl. 81--3.1;)

- This, invention relates to a new and improved bottle cap removing device, and the prineipal object of the invent gn resides in the provision ofabottle cap remover having aconstruction by which a greatly increased rneehanictal advantage is achieved ina. simple manner, the eonstruqtion. being simple and easyto; use on the part of the operator and requires no permanent base or loeation but instead is in the form of a portable tool having a pair of relatively movable handles and bottle flange applying devices, whereby when the tool is applied, the

' handles are squeezed or moved together manually, and

the bottle cap is quickly and easily removed, with no tilting of the bottle and with no danger of breakage, etc.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a portable bottle cap removing tool as above described comprising a main frame having a fixed and a pivoted holds the cap and the bottle in position, while the points relatively force the bottle cap upwardly at its rim, thus easily and quickly removing the bottle cap from the bottle and holding the bottle cap in the tool until removed by the operator.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation showing the new bottle cap removing tool and illustrating the action thereof;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of thetool of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of arrow 2;

Fig. 3 is a view in end elevation, looking in the direction of arrow 3 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view in elevation, looking in the direction I of'arrows 4 in Fig. 2 but being in section; and

Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating the forces applied by the new device.

In carrying out the present invention, there is provided a generally ring-like open cylindrical frame 10. This frame is open at its center as indicated at 12 in Fig. 2. At one edge thereof, the cylindrical frame 12 is provided with a depending inwardly-directed finger indicated at 14. This member may be in the form of a point, or it may be elongated on an arc (see Fig. 2) but in any- P ICC 2 i fit under the rim 16 of the bottle cap. The bracket is provided with a finger-hold 26 by which it may be retracted in a counter-clockwise direction in Fig. 1 against a spring 25, both to release the bottle cap when removed from the bottleand to position the finger 24 where desired if this becomes necessary. The axis of pins 22 is forward of the finger 24. y

In the use of the device, the finger 14 will ordinarily be first positioned and then upon directing the handle 20 downwardly in a clockwise direction in Fig. 1, thefiii'ger 24 will bump over the rimj16 and will then be positioned under the rim 16, the fingerhold 26 acting as a weight to maintain the finger 24in its extreme clockwise direction (see Fig. 1); J

Near the finger 14 and-diametrically opposed to handle 29, there is an enlarged boss 28 which rises up abovejthe top of the cylindrical frame 1 0 and pivotal l'y mounts as at 30- an elongated handle 32 disposed generally parallel to and above the handle 2th Handle 32 intermediate its ends and axially arranged relative to frame 10, is provided with a pivoted plunger 34 which extendsdown through the cylindrical frame 10* to engage the top of the bottle cap as shown at 36 This plunger may be provided with a circular guide disc 38, so that it is constrained against wabbling in the frame 10, or the frame 10 may have an apertured fixed bottom plate for this purpose.

It is believed that the operation of the present device will be clear from the disclosure and the above description. The finger 14 is placed under the rim 16 of the bottle cap, with the finger 24 still positioned thereabove. Upon bringing the entire device bodily downwardly, finger 24 will dispose itself under the rim 16 as above described and then all that is necessary to do is to bring the handles 20 and 32 toward each other in order to make the plunger 34 strike the top of the bottle cap and hold the parts in position while the fingers 14 and 24 both exert pressure relatively upwardly andcause the bottle cap to be quickly and easily removed. The bottle cap will ordinarily be held by the fingers 14 and 24 and is releasedmerely by moving the fingerhold 20 rela-. tively upwardly to release the bottle cap for disposal;

This action is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 5, wherein the handles 20 and 32 are indicated as well as the fingers 14 and 24. Also, the action of the plunger is indicated and the resultant forces are shown as at A and B for the upwardly directed arrows in this figure representing the fingers and the arrow C moving downwardly representing the plunger.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is:

1. A bottle cap removing tool comprising an open frame, a relatively fixed finger thereon depending therefrom adjacent a side edge thereof, a movable finger diametrically opposite the fixed finger, terminal portions of the fingers extending diametrically toward each other, a fixed handle extending generally radially and mounted on said frame, a movable handle mounted on said frame, said movable handle being movable in the same general plane of the first handle, means on the second handle extending downwardly through the frame to engage a bottle cap centrally between the two fingers, the latter being adapted to engage under the lip of the bottle cap at the terminal portions thereof, and yielding means tending to move the movable finger toward the fixed finger, said last-named means yielding to allow the movable finger to move in the opposite direction upon engagement thereof with the top of the bottle cap to slip over and then under the lip of the cap.

2. A bottle cap removing tool comprising a generally cylindrical open frame, an elongated fixed handle thereon and extending radially thereof, an elongated boss on ment with the rim of a bottle cap, said fixed finger being said frame diametrically opposite the fixed handle, a

pivoted handle on said boss, said pivoted handle being elongated and overlying the fixed handle, a plunger pivotabl y mounted on the pivoted handle and extending through the cylindrical frame, a fixed finger for engagement with the rim of abottle cap, said fixed finger being mounted on said frame at one side thereof, a movablefinger diametrically opposite the fixed finger and coacting therewith to engage the under side of the rim of abottle ,cap at diametrically opposite points thereon, said fingers being arranged generally in the same plane as that of the handles and exerting an upward force on the I oted handle on said boss, said pivoted handle being elongated and overlying the fixed handle, a plunger pivotablytmounted on the pivoted handle and extending through the cylindrical frame, a fixed finger for engagemounted on said frame at one side thereof, and a mov- 'a'bl'e' finger diametrically opposite the fixed finger and coacting therewith to engage the under side of the rim of a bottle cap at diametrically opposite points thereon, said fingers being arranged generally in the same plane as that of the handles and exerting an upward force on the rim of the bottle cap at diametrically opposed points thereon, the plunger holding the cap in position when the two handles are moved relatively toward each other, guide means for said plunger, said guide means being located within the cylindrical frame and conforming in general to the interior thereof, a fingerhold on the movable finger,- and meansbiasing the movable finger toward the fixed finger.

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